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Game Designer For Hire :) (Currently in final year of a Bsc in game design in the UK)

BloodCageBloodCage
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Hi All

Im a south african citizen but have been living in the UK for nearly 7 years now, when i left SA really had nothing notable within the game industry and so i decided to pursue my career over seas, since that time i have gotten a HND (British Higher National Diploma) in New media (another word for graphic design) after getting my diploma i started my degree at university and am about to start my 3rd year in a BSC game design degree, after graduating i had planned to then do a MSC in the USA in game design production as this is where my passion lies, how ever i came back to SA a week ago just for abit of my summer holiday and watched a special on carte blanche which really showed how far the games industry has come in south africa. Anyways its got me fired up and i would love to see if theres a chance to meet somebody who is currently hiring game designers. I have had extensive use in programs such as UDK, Unreal Engine 4, Maya, Photoshop and Unity 3D, i must stress that programming is my least favorite thing to do, our course is mainly geared towards those who essentially have a jack of all trades we can swap between any role how ever programming is just not something that i do particularly well at, my passions lie within the story telling of games ( getting the story across to the player in a professional manner) and designing the game mechanics as well as production , I thoroughly enjoy working on Unreal engine 4 as well. So there you have it, a brief little CV about me and why ive posted here. If anybody is hiring please give me a shout, ill be in SA for the next week or two and then ill be heading off again, during that time if anybody would like to meet with me please get in touch and lets see what we can do. Thanks :).

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  • BloodCageBloodCage
    Here till early next week in Johannesburg if any one is Interested :) thought there would be more interest :(
    Thanked by 1BenJets
  • TuismTuism
    The local industry is looking for more specialists rather than generalists. In general, the last thing the industry possible hirers want to hear is "I'll design your game, you do the programming and art and marketing and everything else."

    The truth is that everyone fancies themselves a game designer, degree or not.

    If you have a portfolio that might help sell yourself better, show your work, what you're capable of, etc.

    Good luck :)
  • BenJetsBenJets
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    Don't be discouraged @BloodCage! If you're wanting to make stuff your best bet is to just make stuff! Do it for yourself and then share that with the community. Once you have a bit of a portfolio to share you'll surely have some good material to help find future collaborators.

    Past that, wanting to find paying work is another story. Expecting that people are going to pay you to work on stuff with no portfolio of work, or experience in the industry is quite a stretch. Also, if you're saying you're only around for a week, that's surely not going to count in your favour; there's really not much that could be done in that short a space of time.

    Pity you're not in town for one of the meetups or a jams - that would have been a great way to meet members of the community!

    Please do share what you get up to in once you're back in the UK and come back and visit SA again soon!
    Thanked by 1NickCuthbert
  • BloodCageBloodCage
    Tuism said:
    The local industry is looking for more specialists rather than generalists. In general, the last thing the industry possible hirers want to hear is "I'll design your game, you do the programming and art and marketing and everything else."

    The truth is that everyone fancies themselves a game designer, degree or not.

    If you have a portfolio that might help sell yourself better, show your work, what you're capable of, etc.

    Good luck :)
    Thank for your reply :) I don't believe I ever stated that I would design the game only. I simply stated that programming is not my strong.

    @benjets thanks for the reply as well, I do have a portfolio and would be more then willing to share it with somebody who wanted to see. More then anything this was just a chance to talk to somebody and get an idea as to where the gaming industry in SA is going and at the same time see if there was a chance I would be hired.

    Thanks again for the replies :)

  • TuismTuism
    Sorry, I didn't say you did, but that's how it comes across to me when someone says "I'm a game designer" and "programming isn't my strong point". I totally understand that because that's exactly what I am.

    Apologies if I understood you differently than you intended.

    In reality, I'd love to be a game designer only too :)
  • BloodCageBloodCage
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    Tuism said:
    Sorry, I didn't say you did, but that's how it comes across to me when someone says "I'm a game designer" and "programming isn't my strong point". I totally understand that because that's exactly what I am.

    Apologies if I understood you differently than you intended.

    In reality, I'd love to be a game designer only too :)
    Reality is overseas if programming is not a strong point one can specialise in somthing that is more geared towards the individual :). So im lucky in that aspect i guess where if i never want to program again i dont have too lol. We can see an example of this in most courses at university in the uk are either Game design, Game Art Or Game programming. Then you can specialise even further for your masters if thats the path you wish to take. For myself it would be an MSC in game design production.

    With the above being said it helps i guess that i at least understand the fundamentals of programming, i may never escape it completely, but at least I dont have to make it my core work.
  • dislekciadislekcia
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    BloodCage said:
    We can see an example of this in most courses at university in the uk are either Game design, Game Art Or Game programming. Then you can specialise even further for your masters if thats the path you wish to take. For myself it would be an MSC in game design production.
    I'm not sure that basing employment expectations off what's available to study is a good idea. Do you know what the placement rates are for graduates from those courses?

    I think you're getting some valuable feedback on things you need to have prepped if you're looking for jobs: Right now the biggest issue is that you're not posting a portfolio here. I'm not sure why you're not, but it's sorely needed if you want to convince people that hire locally (like myself) to consider you.
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